2Sa 12:17, 22 | ESV | STEP | And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground , but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

2 Samuel 12:17

17 And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

2 Samuel 12:22

22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ^a‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’